International Trade committee  Precisely what the drug cost modifications would be is a tricky question. It's an unknown at this time, but maybe I can take a step back for the benefit of the committee. As in the CETA, the TPP includes provisions that extend the term of protection for patents which can have th

International Trade committee  I would like to begin by clarifying that the agreement was not signed, but concluded. In other words, myself, my counterparts and the Minister of International Trade at that time, Mr. Fast, as well as his counterparts, stated that the negotiations had come to a close. This is wha

International Trade committee  It is impossible to know that at this point.

International Trade committee  I am looking for my list. Some countries have made direct representations to Canada, including Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. Sometime ago there was also Thailand, but now that country is experiencing some internal difficulties. There are also some Latin American countries su

International Trade committee  There are many different obligations under the TPP. I will review them. First of all, regarding all electronic transactions, for instance involving musical products, books, and so on, there is an agreement according to which there will be no customs tariff. In addition, there i

International Trade committee  I think once these consultations have progressed some more, a sense of where Canadians are coming out.... Canadians who used this mailbox, the now close to 300 individuals, and the minister, Parliamentary Secretary Lametti, and a number of other ministers who've met—those have

International Trade committee  That's not really a question I can answer. I'm here really to provide you with technical information on the TPP. I think it's clear that, as part of these discussions, different sectors and individuals are giving their information and feedback to the government on what the TPP

International Trade committee  I think the answer to your question is that everything in this agreement represents a balance or a bargain that was struck, a negotiated outcome. The outcomes that are there are the outcomes that were deemed to be the ones that would work for Canada overall. I think that's the on

International Trade committee  I'm happy to answer many times. The government has made a clear commitment to the supply-managed sector. As to what that will be in terms of specifics, those decisions, as far as I know, have not been made. Again, that's partly my minister, Minister Freeland, but that's very mu

International Trade committee  The intellectual property provisions in the TPP or in the CETA are designed to set a common standard, and to ensure that in the area of pharmaceuticals, or any other area that's covered in that chapter. They're designed to set a common standard so that Canadian businesses that in

International Trade committee  Yes, we are undertaking an assessment. We have an office of a chief economist at Global Affairs Canada. We're undertaking that assessment. It's not completed yet. We're working on it. We will keep you posted.

International Trade committee  There are lots of studies coming out in the area of jobs, economic impacts on GDP, and impacts on various sectors. We're looking at all of them. As I was saying in my opening comments, we are doing internal assessments, but we are looking at all of the assessments that are out th

International Trade committee  There are different kinds of emails that we get. We get many emails that ask very specific questions. I'm making this up, but this is an example. One email could say, “I am a fisher from Atlantic Canada, and I'd like to know when my snow crab will be duty-free into Japan”, which

International Trade committee  I think the first answer to your question is that they are at different stages with respect to consideration. The government has committed to finalizing and implementing, finalizing the legal scrub and the translation of the CETA and bringing it into force as soon as possible, a

International Trade committee  Yes, that's absolutely right.